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I 'i 1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WITH BILLS AS Tax Reform Act Only Important Measure Signed—Assembly Musically Adjourns. With th«» Legislature adjourned after 50 day* of hard work, in which some of the best laws in the history of the State were enacted, the work of transmitting the measures to Gov ernor Slaton for his signature will begin to-day, and the Executive Of fice will be swamped with the bills More than 100 have already been en grossed and aent to the Governor but there still remain between 200 and 300 local and general bills. Of the 100 or more that are al ready in ther'-Governor’s office, but one c # general Importance has been mgned. That is the tax reform bill, which was signed by the Governor and became a law at 3 o’clock Thurs day afternoon. The pen with which Governor Slaton signed the measure that is expected to revolutionize the taxation eyatem of the State was given to Representative Lipscomb, of Clarke, who Introduced the orig Inal tax equalization bill, and who has been one of the reform leaders throughout the session. Though the Governor has sign'd several local bills which Represen tatives and Senators wished to have become operative immediately, it is hardly probable that many of the general bills will receive hie signa ture until next week, when they will all be in his office. Adjourns at 10:12 o’Clock. The Legislature adjourned shortlv after 10 o'clock last night Speaker Burwell brought his gavel down fo r the last time this year at 10:12 o'clock, and President Anderson, of the Senate, adjourned that body three minutes later. Two minutes after the gavel rang out the House was in the throes of song. Representative Rlackbum climbed upon a seat and led the Representatives In singing *’God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” Practically the only work the House had to do at the night ses sion. which convened at 8 o’clock, was to w r ait for the Senate to send over billfi that had already passed the House and which the upper branch desired to amend. The only changes of importance made in the measures were the following, all of which were concurred in by the House: Appropriating $7,500 to the Chemical Bureau of the Department of Agriculture. $15,000 to the Depart ment of Entomology to fight the boll weevil, and a bill Increasing the sal ary of the State Oil Inspector to $1,800. A bill ^appropriating $5,000 to the Department of Agriculture was killed, because the wording of the bill was vague. During the wait on the SenaPe the House took a recess and the members proceeded to kill the time by putting on stunts that eclipsed the usual Jolli fication with which sessions of the Legislature are brought to a close. Every member of the House was de termined to have as much fun as he could, and witty speeches, mock at tempts to rush through wild appropM- ations and gay singing was the order of the hour. James Keeps Sonqs Going. Representatives James of Gllmc»»\ official "song-fr’i8ter, kent the songs going, and wa* surrounded by a group of vocalists and near-vocallsts ail evening, singine' all the old favorite* and a few that were not so old. Hen derson of Jones made speeches in every corner of the hall, and got along all right until he began one about this being the hour of the wild-eyed re former. Olive of Richmond then moved that he be given a bale of hay, which was carried, amid much re joicing. and Henderson was removed from the desk onto which he had climbed. Representative Picquet of Rich mond, the smallest man in the House, was called to the chair by the crowd, and interrupted a turkey trot which Greene of Houston and Smith of Ful ton were doing down the middle aisle by recognizing Ed Wohlwcnder, of ill - ibuster fame. Wohlwender brought down the House by jokingly moving that all prohibitionists be excluded from the hall. Burwell Thanks Members. Ennis of Baldwin jumped to his feet and gave it as his solemn opinl m that the members w e children He therefore moved that $25,000 be ap propriated to build a sanitarium to take care of them. Picquet declared the motion carried without putting the question. The fun continued for more than two h »urs. until the sing ers became hoarse and the speech- makers had used up their supply of word 8. When the House convened at 9:30 o’clock, Speaker Burwell delivered » short address, in which he thanked the House for the honor $1 had con ferred upon him. and expressed .us appreciation of the work of each member. He declared that the people of Georgia should be proud of the membership of the House, and said this session had been productive of more remedial legislation than any h * |d seen his ten years' legislative perienoew i Freddy Film Copyright, IMt, Internttlonsl N*w» Service He Won His Raise YOURf SUPPOiED X BF TH' HERO HO These pictures YOU'RE A COWARD, , SO YOU RE FIRED 1 ~7~ B WHAT HAVE / GOT T' DO T GET MV j JOB BACK ? I X M LICK A ’RPAL MAN"/ P . /'"($ IF I Lien A KtAL MAN 1 ' I GET A RAISE - ? X f yes, if you | lick A" REAL 1 MAN" I £» YOU GET, TH' RAISE. IO- MEDAL TO CANCER EXPERT. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Aug. 15. The Ghevdlon prize for the best work in the treat ment of cancer was to-day awarded to Dr. R. 4 Linson, a distinguished French aci^tfiist. SENATE CLOSES iT Kea Reiterates Charges Against Anderson, but President Gets Vote of Thanks. Weary from their efforts in the final all-day siege, but happy over the fact that the Senate calendar had been cleared of Its most Impor tant measure, the appropriation bill, Georgia Senators at 10:15 o’clock Thursday night welcomed the last rap of the President's gavel which rang down the curtain on the 1913 session. The Speaker of the House preceded President Anderson Juat throe minutes in the call for adjourn ment sine die. The end in the Senate, where the appropriations bill with its $280,000 excess of disbursement over revenue, was pending, came after a day of hard work and a dash of excitement. During the morning every attempt was made to clean-up the calendar which had become clogged at the last moment. The forenoon session was extended to 1:30 to get the “mother’s custody” bill through, following the passage of the inheritance tax bill. Excitement Begins. Then came the first excitement. Senator Fred Kea, of the Sixteenth District, arose to a point of personal privilege to substantiate his charges against President Anderson, pub lished exclusively In The Georgian. Never during the nession has the Senate been the scene of such intense interest. Senator McNeill, of the Twenty- second district, started the ball roil ing when he got possession of the floor and bitterfy denounced Senator Kea for his charges against the presiding officer of the Senate. He moved that the Senate extend a ris ing vote of thanks to President An derson for his fair and excellent ser vices. It was at this Juncture that Senator Kea rose to his point of per sonal privilege. Reiterates His Charges. He charged President Anderson had deliberately blocked the pas sage of bills. He charged further that the Senate Rules Committee was the “whole cheese In the Senate, as sure as there was a God in high Heaven.’’ At the conclusion of the fiery speech the Senate extended to Presi dent Anderson a rising vote of thanks, Senator Kea alone voting in the negative. As predicted in The Georgian on Thursday, the Senate recoded from its action in cutting the House ap propriation, thereby restoring the $280,000 excess of disbursements over revenues. This was in accordance with the Governor’s wishes. The Sen ate also passed the amended bill al lowing freight trains to run o.n Sun* day and confirmed tho nomination of John Hart as State Tax Collector. Fat Women vs. Lean In Government Suit DENVER. COL.. Aug. 15.—Fat women and lean women will be ar rayed against each other in a battle royal when the case of the Govern ment against Marjorie Hamilton and her husband, Walter C. Cunningham, is called. The defendants are charged with wrongful use of the mails in the sale of an "obesity cure.” “For evTry fat woman who goes on that stand and testifies that she couldn’t lose her flesh there’ll be two slender ones who'll tell of the bene fits of our treatment,” said Cunning ham. Here's Latest; 'Cans' His Funeral Sermon MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.. Aug. 15.— Rev. G. L. Morrill, pastor of the Peo ple'*! Church here, whose place of worship is in a downtown theater, left with Lis family for a tour of South America and a trip around the Horn. Mr. Morrill’s last act before his de ■ parture was to visit the store of a talking machine dealer where Vie preached his own funeral sermon Into a machine to be used in case of his death. Farley on Sick Bed Sees His Horse Lose NEW YORK. Aug *15. — Aft r watching from a cot at the side of the Empire City Racetrack, the race in which his horse. Bill Miller came in fifth. James Farley, leader of the strike-breakers, has suffered a re lapse and must remain at the track until he regains his strength. He is suffering from tuberculosis ami had expressed a desire to see the race. At the track he was attended by two physicians and two nurses. Railway Must Ship Liquors, Court Rules ST. PAUL. MINN., Aug 15.—Rock Island Railroad must accept beer and other liquors for shipment from Min nesota to Iowa, according to a de cision of Federal Judge Charles A. Willard ’CUE CELEBRATES BIG CROPS. LOUISVILLE, Aug. 15.—Jefferson County folk met here yesterday to enjoy si barbecue given by the town people in celebration of the good crops in the county. Several hun dred attended. Addresses of welcome were deliv- j ered by former State Senator Wil liam Little and ex-Representative j John Robert Phillips. W.S. Elkin Goes After ; World Rexall Meet For Atlanta in 1914 With the avowed intention of bringing the next annual Rexall con vention to Atlata, W. S. Elki, Jr., president of the International Rexall Clubs, will leave for Boston at 11 o’clock Saturday morning. Mr. El kin will bo In charge of a special train of Rexall members who are go ing to Boston from the South. The convention will open August 18 and will last four days. Fully 3,000 members are expected to attend. The International Rexall Clubs Is an organization comprising more than 7,000 druggists all >ver the world. Mr. Elkin’s election to the presidency last year was by unani mous vote. He expresses himself well satisfied that Atlanta has an excellent chance of winning the next convention. II GREET IBIfl Europe Sees Kaiser In Peacemaker Role Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Aug. 16.—In his new role is “peace lord of Europe” Emperor Wil liam of Germany has launched a dinlomatlc campaign to prevent an other war In the Balkans. Telegrams from Berlin and Constantinople Indi cated to-day that the German Emper or and his Foreign Office have draft ed proposals which soon will be sent to Russia, Austria, England, France and Italy. While Germany has been looked upon as the friend of Turkey, on ac count of the commercial relations of the two countries, it is reported now that William favors the surrender of Adrianople to Czar Ferdinand. 10,000 Women Join Strike in Barcelona Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BARCELONA, SPAIN, Aug. 15.— The strike situation here is becoming revolutionary in character. Clashes between idle mobs and soldiers main taining martial law are continuous. More than 300,000 men and women were idle to-day. Of this number it is estimated between 8,000 and 10,000 are women. General Weyler, Military Governor of Catalonia, who is directing the soldiers, has prohibited mass meet ings. Butin spite of this strikers at tempted to hold a meeting to protest against the despotic methods of Weyler. 'Cue for Light Men Cooked by Electricity MACON, Aug. 15.— Barbecue cooked by electricity was served to-day to the 250 delegates from five Southern States attending the first annual con vention of the Southeastern section of the National Electric Light Asso ciation. This is said to be the first time meats have been barbecued other than over a slow wood fire. The electric light men will elect of ficers and choose the next place of j meeting Saturday. Mr. Arkwright, of Atlanta, Is in line for the presidency to succeed E. C. Deal, of Augusta. Birmingham, Atlanta and Savannah are seeking the next convention. President of Good Roads Asso ciation Will Meet Trail Blazer Ferguson at State Line. Another indication of the wide spread Interest in the campaign for an j All-Southern transcontinental high way, which will be inaugurated by Hearst’s Sunday American next Mon day, was received in Atlanta Friday in the form of a communication from John Craft, president of the Alabama Good Roads Association, who will join Pathfinder Ferguson at the Alabama- Georgiq line. President Craft, who Is known ill over the country as a good roads booster, accompanied by State Hign- way Engineer Keller, will accompany Mr. Ferguson throughout Alabama. Details Virtually Arranged. &fr. Ferguson now has arranged virtually every detail of the trip His big touring car has been repaired and made shipshape for the ion** journey, and instruments which will be U3ed along the route have also been re ceived and installed Plans for the parade, the official send-off next Monday, also are com plete, and everyone is on the qui vive in anticipation. In the line of march will b4 the Fire Chief, the Chief of Police. city officials, including Mayor Woodward, and other prominent citizens. If t'n weather man hands out a good brand of ozone next Monday, the people of Atlanta will be treated to one of the most unique parades in the his tory of the cijy. Birmingham Plans Send-Off. Mr. Ferguson, accompanied by nis wife and two children and a speci.il American man, will go direct to An niston, Ala., and thence to Birming ham, the end of the first lap of the long . journey. At Birmingham the party will be the recipients of a big send-off, led by The Birmingham News, one of the chain of newspa pers promoting the monster project. Leaving Birmingham, the part'/ will proceed to Montgomery, thence to Mobile, New Orleans. Houston, Dallas, El Paso, San Diego, Los An geles and San Francisco. Mr. Fer guson hopes to reach the Pacific Coa3t before October 1. Idaho Wins Pennant As Best Battleship WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Secre tary of the Navy Daniels announces that the battleship pennant for all round efficiency has been awarded to the Idaho, which finished her tests with 100 per cent for gunnery and 87 per cent for engineering. The Utah, which finished second, had 80 per cent for gunnery and 100 for engineering. Onions and Cabbage Offend Boston Noses BOSTON, Aug. 15.—There may be robust ones of stout sensibilities to whom the odors arising from the cooking of onions and cabbage and such things bring sensations of pleas ure. ’Tis otherwise with certain es thetic Bostonians who live or do busi ness in the neighborhood of No. 20 Hawley street. Beans alad codfish— a;e; but onions* and cabbage—nay. Frank E'ger. who has a restaurant at that address, was before the bar in the Municipal Criminal Court on com plaint of several neighbors who as serted that the activities of his kitchen perfumed the atmosphere ail around, much to their discomfort. MILITANTS IN WALES. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. CARDIFF, WALES, Aug. 15.—Suf frage activity is on the increase in Wales. Agents of the Women’s So cial and Political Union are going through Wales establishing branches and inciting dissatisfied women to violence. Name Trees After All Cabinet Members WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.—In addi tion to the “Wilson elm” to be dedi cated by President Wilson, fifteen other trees, named after members of the cabinet and the diplomatic corps, will be planted in the White House lawn to fill gaps left by the recent *»torm. BIG CANNERY IN HALL. GAINESVILLE, Aug. 15.—A can nery, whose output daily is now 100 bushels of okra and tomatoes, is a new industry in Hall County. J. J. Adams, of Klondyke, is owner and operator. During the season he will put up 2,400 cases, or 48,000 cans. It is one thing to make soda crackers that are occasionally good. It is qiiite another thing to make them so that they are always better than all other soda crackers, always of un varying goodness. The name “Uneeda”— stamped on every biscuit—means that if a million packages of Uneeda Biscuit were placed before you, you could choose any one of them, confident that every soda cracker in that package would be as good as the best Uneeda Biscuit ever baked. Five cents. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY THE STORE A BIG INNOVATION on Whitehall! No—not 999 as the streets Something new The 999 Store. Whitehall street are numbered; but right in the center of the most exclusive and fashionable shopping dis trict, and still on Whitehall. The real street number you’ll find below. But—listen: Men’s Suite at $9.99 Really Worth From $18.00 to $25.00 HOW CAN WE DO IT? Many manufac turers of men’s fine clothing have season over stocks. They are willing to sell these at far less than cost of making—if they can get cash. WE HAD THE CASH and bought thou sands of Men’s Fine Suits at astonishing dis counts. New, stylish suits—not old, last year stock AND YOU CAN BUY now, at the 999 Store, suits from your favorite maker for less than they cost to produce. THE STYLES are new, the materials fine --serges, worsteds and all the other favored materials for men’s wear. Many of the popular Mohair suits are included. ALL SIZES are included in the various lines and expert salesmen will see that you are prop erly fitted. THINK OF IT! Buying a standard make two or three-piece suit—late Summer or early Fail weight— A SUIT WORTH $20.00 OR MORI FOR $9.99 E 999 STORE 32 WHITEHALL